beat out

verb

beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out

transitive verb

1

: to make or perform by or as if by beating

2

: to mark or accompany by beating

3

: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base

Examples of beat out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 2023, Tom beat out veteran Yosh Nijman for the starting right tackle job during training camp, then delivered a terrific season. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

New Zealand’s Ryan Fox secured his first-ever major championship after birdying his final hole to beat out American Cameron Young by one stroke with a 10-under tournament finish. — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

The 39-year-old Fox beat out American Cameron Young to win his first career major title, becoming only the third New Zealander to win a men’s major golf championship. — Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 19 July 2026

The closest the Nationals had come to a hit was in the fifth when Dylan Crews appeared to beat out an infield single to third baseman Joshua Kuroda-Grauer. — ABC News, 18 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beat out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout